Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
UFO: Alien Invasion is an entirely free and open-source game inspired by the X-COM video game series. The year is 2084, and you control a secret organization tasked with defending Earth from an alien invasion.
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R-Type is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up arcade created by Irem in 1987. The graphics design was inspired by H. R. Giger's artwork for the Alien movies. It was ported to several home...
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Star Wars: X-Wing is the first space combat sim game set in the Star Wars universe created by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 for PC MS-DOS only, and it was followed one year later by Star Wars: TIE Fighter.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by MicroProse in 1995 for the PC. It is the sequel to UFO: Enemy Unknown. This follow-up to the ...
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The 350th game on GamesNostalgia is our favourite game ever: Frontier: Elite II. You can download here the PC version, which had a more advanced graphics engine, featuring texture mapping, compared to the Amiga version.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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Master of Orion II: Battle At Antares, the sequel to Master of Orion, is a turn-based 4x space empire game designed by Steve Barcia and Ken Burd. The popular strategy game was developed by Simtex.
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The Lost Vikings is a puzzle platformer created by Silicon & Synapse (former name of Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay in 1993. It was released for SNES, Genesis, DOS, and Amiga.
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Tyrian 2000 is a direct re-release of the original sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter Tyrian, developed by Eclipse Software. It was released by Epic Megagames for MS-DOS.
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Volfied is an action-puzzle game developed and published by Taito Corporation in 1989, initially in the arcade and on TurboGrafx-16. The subsequent years after its release, it was ...
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Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a series of graphic adventures in 3D and third-person perspective, based on the famous BBC TV show Doctor Who. The games feature the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companion Amelia Pond.
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Syndicate, released by Bullfrog Productions in 1993, is a landmark in real-time tactical games. The game blends strategic squad management with a gritty cyberpunk setting that remains iconic to this day.
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Deus Ex is the first chapter of the popular stealth-RPG series created by Ion Storm and published by Eidos. When it was released in 2000, it wasn't just another first-person RPG —it was a revolution in game design.
Year: 2000 Genre: Role Playing
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Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter is a 1991 graphic adventure by Sierra. It is the remake of the original Space Quest: Chapter I, released in 1986. The new version...
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Wing Commander is a space combat simulator designed by Chris Roberts and first released for the PC DOS in 1990. It was later ported to the Amiga, CD32, Sega CD and the SNES. It is...
Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation
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